Divergence and convergence of gut microbiomes of wild insect pollinators.

ABSTRACT: Pollination services provided by wild insect pollinators are critical to natural ecosystems and crops around the world. There is an increasing appreciation that the gut microbiota of these insects influences their health and consequently their services. However, pollinator gut microbiota studies have focused on well-described social bees, but rarely include other, more phylogenetically divergent insect pollinators. To expand our understanding, we explored the insect pollinator microbiomes across three insect orders through two DNA sequencing approaches. First, in an exploratory 16S amplicon sequencing analysis of taxonomic community assemblages, we found lineage-specific divergences of dominant microbial genera and microbiota community composition across divergent insect pollinator genera.

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10470603 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature